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The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter is located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. [47] Its status had been contentious for months. Outgoing President Buchanan had dithered in reinforcing its garrison, commanded by Major Robert Anderson.
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting the first night launch and night landing of the Space Shuttle program .
Confederates repulse the Union attack and kill Commander James H. Ward of the Union Potomac Flotilla, the first Union Navy officer killed during the Civil War. July 13, 1861: Battle of Corrick's Ford: West Virginia (Virginia at the time) [A] Union: Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett is the first general killed in the Civil War. July 25, 1861
A rump government declares itself the Confederate Territory of Arizona on March 16, 1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Battle of Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861; The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state to secede from the Union on April 17, 1861
After Abraham Lincoln was elected President, but before he took office, southern states began seceding from the United States, led by South Carolina on December 20, 1860. Around midnight of January 8, 1861, the small garrison of Fort Barrancas repelled a group of local men intent on taking the fort. Some historians suggest that these were the ...
December 8, 1860 – January 8, 1861: Buchanan administration cabinet members from the South resign. [252] Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb of Georgia resigns on December 8. On December 23, President Buchanan asks for the resignation of Secretary of War John B. Floyd , a former governor of Virginia , whose actions appear to favor the ...
May 8 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. May 10 – American Civil War – Camp Jackson Affair: Union military forces clash with civilians on the streets of St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the deaths of at least 28 people and injuries to another 100.
Sumter: The First Day of the Civil War. Chelsea, Michigan: Scarborough House. ISBN 081283111X. Klein, Maury (1997). Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-44747-4. Larson, Erik (2024). The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil ...